FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
PRESS RELEASE
TYPE OF INCIDENT: Driving While Intoxicated, Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Driving With Suspended License, Attempted Aggravated Assault, Resisting Arrest
OFFICER: Morits
DATE OF INCIDENT: June 15, 2005
TIME OF INCIDENT:
LOCATION OF INCIDENT: Vermont Route 105,
Berkshire, VT
NAME: Tipper, James
AGE: 36
ADDRESS: Berkshire, VT
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On June 15, 2005 I was dispatched
to a reported accident in the Town
of Richford. The complainant
advised that James Tipper operated
the other vehicle and he had left
the scene. The complainant said
that the suspect vehicle was a
green Ford Explorer. I observed
this vehicle exiting Horseshoe Road
in Berkshire and head west on
Vermont Route 105. I stopped the
vehicle at the intersection of
Marvin Road and Vermont Route 105.
The operator attempted to back into
my police cruiser. He was removed
from the vehicle and after a
struggle, was taken into custody.
He was charged with Driving While
Intoxicated, Leaving the Scene of
an Accident, Driving With Suspended
License, Attempted Aggravated
Assault and Resisting Arrest. He
was lodged at NWSCF in St. Albans
for lack of $5,000.00 bail.